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> [In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended and no one can predict with certainty what may change in the future. The prospect that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-short-evolution-is-as-close-to-being-a-scientific-fact-as-is/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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> [I have characterized Ross as exemplifying an extreme position among theistic scientists. However, he is not so extreme as to promote the scientifically unsound notions of the young-Earth creationists and other anti-evolutionists ... They are so far off the scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/i-have-characterized-ross-as-exemplifying-an-extreme-position-among/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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## More by Victor J. Stenger

> [People want to be at the center of the Universe...and they're going to flock to anybody who tells them that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/people-want-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-universe-and-they-re-going-to/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Is there a place in a church where you leave your brains when you enter?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/is-there-a-place-in-a-church-where-you-leave-your-brains-when-you/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [To most theistic believers, human life can have no meaning in a universe without God. Quite sincerely, and with understandable yearning for a meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/to-most-theistic-believers-human-life-can-have-no-meaning-in-a/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [ Until recent times, absence of evidence for his \[Jehovah's\] existence has not been sufficient to rule him out. However, we now have enough knowledge… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/until-recent-times-absence-of-evidence-for-his-jehovah-s-existence/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [The problem is that people think faith is something to be admired. In fact, faith means you believe in something for which you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/the-problem-is-that-people-think-faith-is-something-to-be-admired-in/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [In short, evolution is as close to being a scientific fact as is possible for any theory, given that science is open - ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-short-evolution-is-as-close-to-being-a-scientific-fact-as-is/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Debating is not an honest intellectual exercise. It's like a trial in which the goal is not to get to the truth but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/debating-is-not-an-honest-intellectual-exercise-it-s-like-a-trial-in/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Fifteen years of skepticism has done more for me than 20 years of force-fed religion and 30 years of indifference in between.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/fifteen-years-of-skepticism-has-done-more-for-me-than-20-years-of/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Just because quantum mechanics is weird does not mean that everything that is weird is quantum mechanics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/just-because-quantum-mechanics-is-weird-does-not-mean-that-everything/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors, to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/in-fact-current-cosmological-observations-indicate-that-the-average/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Selling eternal life is an unbeatable business, with no customers ever asking for their money back after the goods are not delivered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/selling-eternal-life-is-an-unbeatable-business-with-no-customers-ever/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [“The myth of quantum consciousness sits well with many whose egos have made it impossible for them to accept the insignificant place science perceives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/the-myth-of-quantum-consciousness-sits-well-with-many-whose-egos-have/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/any-strategy-that-attempts-to-reinforce-faith-by-undermining-science/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/nature-is-capable-of-building-complex-structures-by-processes-of-self/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

> [Define self-awareness and tell me what it is about it that requires something more than a material explanation. I do not accept the burden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-j-stenger/define-self-awareness-and-tell-me-what-it-is-about-it-that-requires/)

[Victor J. Stenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-j-stenger/)

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